... (c) www.lobster-magazine.co.uk (Issue 20) November 1990 Last| Contents| Next Issue 20 Hess, 'Hess', Timewatch et al Extract from Hugh Thomas' response to Timewatch, 17/1 /90.'The main thrust of Timewatch's programme [was] that I was unaware of new evidence from Munich Archives which was the hospital record of the real Rudolf Hess. The evidence had been in Timewatch's possession for a long time, as the first interview with Dr Lappenkrupper-- the researcher suggested long ago by Christopher Andrew-- was by the sacked producer Alan Patient. This was in German. The second interview was much later in English. The documents had been ...

... a compromise peace...he will only take this mission on condition that he has full powers. Hoare went on to say that he would have to remove Anthony Eden (a supporter of Churchill and Halifax's replacement at the Foregn Office) to another Cabinet post, and replace him with Butler.(84) On May 10th Rudolf Hess landed in Scotland. Right up to that time there were powerful and well placed individuals who were in touch with the Germans in the service of a policy which was totally at variance with that of the government itself. It appears that both in June 1940 and in the early spring of 1941 they were fairly confident of their ultimate success ...

... Contents| Next Issue 19 Conspiracy, Conspiracy Theories and Conspiracy Research Robin Ramsay 'The unexpected and dramatic death of the famous, whether statesmen like John F Kennedy, or media stars like Marilyn Monroe, invariably give rise to conspiracy theories.' Thus Cambridge historian, Christopher Andrew, during his disgraceful hatchet job on Hugh Thomas' books about Rudolph Hess for BBC2 's Timewatch series. (Discussed in Lobster 20) Like most of his comments on that programme, this just isn't true. Most media stars who die 'unexpectedly and dramatically' do so without conspiracy theories. Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon is a long catalogue of such deaths, few of which have attracted conspiracy theories. The Andrew ...

... (c) www.lobster-magazine.co.uk (Issue 17) November 1988 Last| Contents| Next Issue 17 Hess, 'Hess' and the 'peace Party'Robin Ramsay Hess: A Tale of Two Murders Hugh Thomas Hodder and Stoughton, London 1988 This is an update of Thomas' 1979, The Murder of Rudolf Hess. Thomas argues (a) that the 'Hess' in Spandau prison wasn't Hess at all but a double; and (b) that both the real and false Hess were murdered. The first proposition Thomas proves beyond reasonable doubt. He is less successful with the murders but that hardly matters. The important thing is that as 'P Hess wasn't Hess at all, what ...

... of a steel company.(10) The David-Weill family also appear to exert an influence on the New York and British Lazards, though it seems likely that Lazard Freres and Co. NY, is close to, or part of, the Rockefeller empire.(11) Interlocking directorships link the New York firm with the following: Amerada Hess, General Dynamics, Allis-Fiat, American Motors, Pechiney (see above), Owens-Illinois, Pfizer, Minerals and Resources, Schlumberger, Engelhard Minerals and Chemicals, and many others. However, the New York Lazards is a private concern and it is difficult to find out much about its activities. It seems clear though, that it ...

... role in creating the 'special relationship' which existed between the US, Britain and the dominions after 1945." (13). In a sense, Quigley's work is merely the history of how that fairly singular event (and others) came about. There have been some odd moments in the history of this vast Anglophile network. Rudolph Hess flew to Britain in 1941 with a list of people he should try and see to arrange a peace. Top of the list was a group containing Lord Home (Lord Dunglass as was then) and the Duke of Hamilton. But second on the list was the Round Table (named as such). (14) Haushoffer, ...